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Great talking with you Wayne!
On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab...  ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles.. |
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#12
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Great talking with you Wayne!
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:31:16 -0400, JustWait
wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles.. === I'm thinking that it might be easier to hire a couple of smart programmers to make a video game like that, than it would be to find a friendly home port. |
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#14
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Great talking with you Wayne!
On 8/18/2011 8:10 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:31:16 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles.. === I'm thinking that it might be easier to hire a couple of smart programmers to make a video game like that, than it would be to find a friendly home port. Pffffttt. Your home port could probably be right in Somolia. If you paid off the right clan, they would "help" you hunt down their rivals |
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#15
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Great talking with you Wayne!
On Aug 18, 1:31*am, JustWait wrote:
On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait *wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne * wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, * wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. *It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. *We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. *The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. *It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. * Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds like you're regressing to your Peter Pan persona. |
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#16
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Great talking with you Wayne!
In article 56d5d066-6f67-433b-a741-4e78dee2d5d7
@h3g2000vbr.googlegroups.com, says... On Aug 18, 1:31*am, JustWait wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait *wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne * wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, * wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. *It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. *We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. *The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. *It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. * Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds like you're regressing to your Peter Pan persona. Peter Pan wanted to kill the terrorists that are boarding ships? |
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#17
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Great talking with you Wayne!
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:42:12 -0400, JustWait
wrote: On 8/18/2011 8:10 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:31:16 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles.. === I'm thinking that it might be easier to hire a couple of smart programmers to make a video game like that, than it would be to find a friendly home port. Pffffttt. Your home port could probably be right in Somolia. If you paid off the right clan, they would "help" you hunt down their rivals ========= The pirates have a great deal of popular support in the coastal towns of Somalia. |
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#18
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Great talking with you Wayne!
On Aug 18, 11:46*am, iBoat Often wrote:
In article 56d5d066-6f67-433b-a741-4e78dee2d5d7 @h3g2000vbr.googlegroups.com, says... On Aug 18, 1:31*am, JustWait wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait *wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne * wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, * wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. *It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. *We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. *The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. *It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. * Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds like you're regressing to your Peter Pan persona. Peter Pan wanted to kill the terrorists that are boarding ships?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The Freak would soil his panties if he ever encountered a real pirate. He lives in a fantasy land... he's a Peter Pan wannabe. |
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#19
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Great talking with you Wayne!
On 8/18/2011 1:53 PM, North Star wrote:
On Aug 18, 11:46 am, iBoat wrote: In article56d5d066-6f67-433b-a741-4e78dee2d5d7 @h3g2000vbr.googlegroups.com, says... On Aug 18, 1:31 am, wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds like you're regressing to your Peter Pan persona. Peter Pan wanted to kill the terrorists that are boarding ships?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The Freak would soil his panties if he ever encountered a real pirate. He lives in a fantasy land... he's a Peter Pan wannabe. Does YO HO Harry count? |
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#20
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Great talking with you Wayne!
In article 43e735dd-b58b-4f03-8f5c-e218d8e9bcd9@
19g2000vbv.googlegroups.com, says... On Aug 18, 11:46*am, iBoat Often wrote: In article 56d5d066-6f67-433b-a741-4e78dee2d5d7 @h3g2000vbr.googlegroups.com, says... On Aug 18, 1:31*am, JustWait wrote: On 8/18/2011 12:06 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:44:18 -0400, JustWait *wrote: On 8/17/2011 10:32 PM, Tim wrote: On Aug 17, 9:14 pm, Wayne * wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:15:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 17, 8:02 pm, * wrote: In amongst our conversation, I was talking about "Gandalf the Green", a sailing vessel that caught my attention in rec.boats.cruising. At the instant of concern, it was in Tailand and was fine, but another story caught my eye, and it was this one.... http://www.sailingmagazine.net/compo...e/24-afloat/67... BTW, I thought it was a 40 ft, sloop. I was wrong. it's 47ft, steel hulled cutter. More of the incident. http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index....8&SRCID=0&ntid... ========= No one who values their life or their boat should be sailing in the Gulf of Aden, with or without a gun. *It's like walking around in a tough inner city neighborhood at night with a sign that says: "I'm a tourist". The penalties for getting caught with an illegal gun in some countries are almost as severe as a pirate attack. *We met a family last year in the islands that had a beautiful home made 53 ft sailboat. *The details and finish were professional in every respect and one of it's "features" was a hidden/secret gun compartment. *It was empty. Best thing to do is to stay out of there! I agree. * Ont he other hand... beautiful boat, though. Hey, I just had a great idea for a tourist business. You arm the teeth out of a bunch of vacationing executives and send them out on a "bait boat" to the gulf. When the pirates come, the executives get to open up on them with everything they got. You could have a pool for things like who blew the first pirates head clean off his body, and who killed the most pirates, who sunk the first pirate vessel, etc... It would be like a cross between the two tv shows, bait car and cash cab... ========== Great idea, now you just need to find a friendly home port in that part of the world that won't mind you showing up with a boat load of weapons and infidels on board. You could charge extra for training sessions with advanced weaponry like RPGs and heat seeking missiles. Yeah, and if the women and kids aren't ready to handle a RPG, give them a gamepad and let them call in close air support via radio controlled, unmanned vehicles..- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sounds like you're regressing to your Peter Pan persona. Peter Pan wanted to kill the terrorists that are boarding ships?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The Freak would soil his panties if he ever encountered a real pirate. He lives in a fantasy land... he's a Peter Pan wannabe. I suppose if you encountered 10 guys with automatic weapons, grenades, etc. that were there to take your boat and your belongings either the easy way or to kill you and take them that you'd straighten your bow legs and act tough huh? |
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